2 Chronicles, 16

1. Then, in the thirty-sixth year of his reign, Baasha, the king of Israel, ascended against Judah. And he encircled Ramah with a wall, so that no one could safely depart or enter from the kingdom of Asa.

1. Trideset i šeste godine Asina kraljevanja navali izraelski kralj Baša na Judeju i stade utvrðivati Ramu da sprijeèi svako kretanje judejskom kralju Asi.

2. Therefore, Asa brought forth silver and gold from the treasuries of the house of the Lord, and from the treasuries of the king. And he sent to Benhadad, the king of Syria, who was living in Damascus, saying:

2. Asa tada uze srebra i zlata iz riznice Doma Jahvina i kraljevskoga dvora i posla aramejskome kralju Ben-Hadadu, koji je stolovao u Damasku, i poruèi mu:

3. “There is a pact between me and you. Also, my father and your father had an agreement. For this reason, I have sent silver and gold to you, so that you may break the pact that you have with Baasha, the king of Israel, and so that you may cause him to withdraw from me.”

3. "Neka bude savez izmeðu mene i tebe i izmeðu moga i tvoga oca; evo, šaljem ti na dar srebra i zlata, hajde, raskini savez s izraelskim kraljem Bašom da bi otišao od mene."

4. And when he verified this, Benhadad sent the leaders of his armies to the cities of Israel. And they struck Ahion, and Dan, and Abelmaim, and all the walled cities of Naphtali.

4. Ben-Hadad posluša kralja Asu i posla svoje vojskovoðe na izraelske gradove te oni pokoriše Ijon, Dan, Abel Majinu i sve Naftalijeve gradove-skladišta.

5. And when Baasha had heard of it, he ceased to build around Ramah, and he interrupted his work.

5. A kada to Baša dozna, presta utvrðivati Ramu i obustavi posao.

6. Then king Asa took all of Judah, and they carried away from Ramah the stones and the wood that Baasha had prepared for the things to be built. And he built up Gibeah and Mizpah with them.

6. Tada kralj Asa sazva sve Judejce i oni odnesoše kamenje i drvo kojima je Baša utvrðivao Ramu, pa time utvrdiše Gebu i Mispu.

7. In that time, the prophet Hanani went to Asa, the king of Judah, and he said to him: “Because you have faith in the king of Syria, and not in the Lord your God, therefore the army of the king of Syria has escaped from your hand.

7. U to vrijeme doðe vidjelac Hanani k judejskom kralju Asi i reèe mu: "Buduæi da si se oslonio na aramejskoga kralja, a nisi se oslonio na Jahvu, Boga svoga, vojska aramejskoga kralja izmakla ti je iz ruke.

8. Were not the Ethiopians and the Libyans much more numerous in chariots, and horsemen, and an exceedingly great multitude? Yet when you believed in the Lord, he delivered them into your hand.

8. Nisu li Etiopljani i Libijci imali silne èete sa vrlo mnogo bojnih kola i konjanika? Pa kad si se oslonio na Jahvu, predao ti ih je u ruke.

9. For the eyes of the Lord contemplate the entire earth, and offer fortitude to those who believe in him with a perfect heart. And so, you acted foolishly. And so, because of this, from the present time wars shall rise up against you.”

9. Jer Jahve svojim oèima gleda po svoj zemlji da bi se ohrabrili oni kojima je srce iskreno prema njemu. Ludo si u tome radio, zato æe se od sada dizati ratovi na te."

10. And Asa was angry against the seer, and he ordered him to be sent into prison. For indeed, he had been very indignant over this. And in that time, he put to death very many of the people.

10. Tada se Asa razgnjevi na vidioca i baci ga u tamnicu, jer se razjario na nj. U to je vrijeme Asa potlaèio i neke iz naroda.

11. But the works of Asa, the first and the last, have been written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.

11. I eto, Asina djela, od prvoga do posljednjeg, zapisana su u Knjizi o judejskim i izraelskim kraljevima.

12. And now Asa became ill, in the thirty-ninth year of his reign, with a very severe pain in his feet. And yet, in his infirmity, he did not seek the Lord. Instead, he trusted more in the skill of physicians.

12. Razbolio se trideset i devete godine kraljevanja, od nogu, te mu se bolest veoma pogoršala, ali ni u bolesti nije tražio Jahvu nego lijeènike.

13. And he slept with his fathers. And he died in the forty-first year of his reign.

13. Tako Asa poèinu sa svojim ocima i umrije èetrdeset i prve godine svoga kraljevanja.

14. And they buried him in his own sepulcher, which he had made for himself in the City of David. And they placed him upon his bed, full of the aromatics and ointments of courtesans, which were composed with the skill of the perfumers. And they burned these over him with very great ostentation.

14. Sahranili su ga u grobnici koju bijaše iskopao sebi u Davidovu gradu i položili ga na odar što ga bijaše napunio miomirisima i mastima, zgotovljenima mastilaèkom vještinom, i spalili mu ih vrlo mnogo.